We want to building a 3D model of our city using our LiDAR data. First steps??
Do you have building footprints?
Yes we do.
Then Rickey's suggestion on Local Government Scenes seems like the best course of action. The workflow uses Pro and is very well tested. Here's an example of work I have done with Local Government Scenes:
Nassau County, NY
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=49d0c5e8e7ad491ba4aaf9e6c60a5b99
Fort Bend County, TX
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=087a3ad1029946ea81c811bd3f2dbfa3
Colors were added to buildings with a tool from my blog:
Arthur’s Feature Extraction from LiDAR, DEMs and Imagery
Arthur Crawford - Esri Content Team
I have used the examples above to build a 3d city for my city. The only part that holds me back from publishing is getting the data from pro to AGOL.
Hi Rickey,
You should be able to publish it with Create Scene Layer Package for converting the multipatch to a spk and then Share Package tools in Pro 1.3 for publishing it. You will need credits with your ArcGIS Online account.
Arthur Crawford - Esri Content Team
I will look into it. Thanks!
Hi Rickey,
Did you think about MicroStation? This software has an extension which creates 3d model of city very quickly.
We have an Advanced Enterprise license. Is Arc Scene available to us? If not anyone know the cost?